| #1  12-Dec-2004, 03:15 | ||||
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| ST4sABS Picked up my new yellow wonder yesterday and the weather gods were with me. Sunny all day, fairly warm. Put on about 300 kilos after leaving the dealer at 11. Nice riding and can't wait to get the engine broken in. Did a lot of variation from toll way to back roads and some traffic splitting. ABS is a little spongy, but easy to get used to. Ohlins and Showa combi is great, very compliant on all road surfaces. Seat is good for distance, engine is strong, handling stable, side panniers not too obtrusive and looks are eye-catching. A joy to ride so far. Couple of things though. Seems it has a tendency to kind of spit and quit around 2000 rpm. I can understand that happening when letting out the clutch at slow speed, but when moving and the clutch is pulled in somewhat (like when rolling up to a changing traffic light) it will just spit (sounds like spitting back up the carbs did on older bikes) and quits. New engine?? Next is the clutch and I think I need to work on my wrist muscles or get a servo. Definitely more work than my 750SS. End of the day had me pretty much using all my fingers to pull the lever in. Good fun. Got pulled over by a stealth patrol car. Guys clocked me at 122kmh, but I told them I was doing way more (actually about 165). They laughed and after some more conversation, they let me go with a warning. THink they liked my bike as tit couldn't be my personality. 165 is grounds for pulling my license on the spot!   |
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